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Boy dies after getting into difficulty swimming in Blanchardstown

Three teens got into difficulty while swimming in water in Blanchardstown13-year-old Ricky Oasagi (centre) died after getting into difficulty while swimming in water in Blanchardstown (Pic: Corduff FC facebook)

A 13-year-old boy who got into difficulty while swimming in water near a housing complex in Blanchardstown in west Dublin has died in hospital.

It seems that a girl who was swimming yesterday evening in a small lake in a park, near the Waterville Hall residential complex, got into difficulty.

Ricky Oasagi and a second girl went into the water to help but they also got into difficulty.